tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post113156635965225236..comments2023-07-02T15:55:30.759+01:00Comments on De-Scribed: Stumbling and Mumbling: A racist "European model"?Scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757616056135886893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-1132164232344868802005-11-16T18:03:00.000+00:002005-11-16T18:03:00.000+00:00In light of increasing racism and current high pro...In light of <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4425712.stm" REL="nofollow">increasing racism</A> and <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4441218.stm" REL="nofollow">current high profile events</A>, I don't accept that limiting one (behaviour) without addressing the other (attitudes) has any real value. Perhaps competition drives out racism, but perhaps it drives it straight into all of the non-market aspects of society - which is a fairly large part.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if there's any chance that, by repressing racist behaviours in the market, racist behaviours elsewhere are increased - an outlet, as it were. "Displacement", rather than "cure".Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757616056135886893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-1131640339028814862005-11-10T16:32:00.000+00:002005-11-10T16:32:00.000+00:00It's important to distinguish between racist attit...It's important to distinguish between racist attitudes and racist behaviour. My argument is that markets reduce the latter (they might reduce the former too - but that's another story).<BR/>Case in point - Ron Atkinson. He has racist attitudes. But competition - market forces - caused him to employ black players in the late 70s, when few other managers did so. This is what I mean when I say competition drives out racism - greed is a cure for racism, as well as for laziness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com